Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-08-12

10 20 years, and Mrs West. an aunt of
Mrs. Voolfolk, aged 80, were found muir
dered at their home near Macon, Ga. last
Saturday, having been knocked in the head
and their Threats cut. Thomas @. Wool
folk, son Of Capt Voolfolk by his first
wife, was arrested on suspicion and the
coroner's jury found verdict Of murder
against him. The evidence before the iu-
ry was circumstantial throughout The
crowd continued TO grow in size and the in
dications pointed TO lynching The Jury
withheld their verdict until the prisoner
was spirited away. The prisoner was taken
TO Macon and safely lodged in jail, where
he talked of the crime cooly, but made no
admissions His motive is said to be TO gain
possession of his fathers property for him.
self and two sisters, children of the first
wife.
Awful HnilrOnd Disaster in Illinois.
An excursion train of 10 cars ON the To-
ledo, Peoria & Warsaw railroad, on route
to Niagara Falls, went through a bridge at
Chatsworth, ILL.,, Wednesday night. As
near AZ can be ascertained about 100 per
sons were instantly killed and $50 injured,
many of them fatally. The accident was
caused by the burning of bridge The
victims were mostly Peoria people. This
mornings papers state that the bridge is
believed TO have been burned by gang Of
robbers, who robbed the passengers after
the train went down.
The last mysterious disappearance Of
person Of some note is that Of Col John H.
Cochrane of Newark, N. j.. who has not
been seen since n week ago Friday when
he resigned his clerkship in the New Jersey
Central freight office, saying that he was
going TO Washington where he had obtain
ed place in the war department. lie has
been traced to Philadelphia, but his friends
at Washington have seen nothing of him.
His pOCketboOk containing nothing but rail
road passes and private papers was found
in the Pennsylvania railroad station at lRnh
way, n. j. He left vague note for the
chief clerk in the freight Office. in which
he said that he could not explain his course,
and asked the chief clerk 10 whit till he
heard from him again Col. Cochranc
commanded colored regiment in the civil
war and is prominent Grand Army man.
Some portions Of Wisconsin were struck
Monday night by n terrific storm, which
killed several persons and destroyed much
property.
mob of 100 armed men rode into Jack
sonville, Ark, Tuesday morning. and took
Leonard Boyd, a suspected wife murderer.
from jail, and placing him ON horse start
ed for the suburbs Of the town. Boyd
snatched rifle aud shot one Of the men.
The mob then fired IA volley at Buyl aud
riding over him fired into his body until
their guns were unluaded More than POO
bullet holes were counted.
Recent heavy rains have done great dam
age TO the rice crop Of South Carolina
Very little rice ON the Savannah river will
be saved, and Ia, 900 acres ON the Ogeechec
and 5000 acres on the Altamnhn are threat
ened. 1t is believed that fully one half Of
the rice product Of the state, or 800, 900
barrels, has been lost
A freight train containing / :. 600 water
melons, fresh and fine, Just from the
vine, left Naldosta, Ga, ON Friday and
reached Boston ON Monday, making the run
Of 1900 miles in - hours.
The sloop Sara, overdue from san Bla,
10 Guaymas, Mex, is believed 10 have gone
down, with the steamer Vale. which was
sent in search Of her. There were 80 per.
SONS ON both vessels.
Nine hundred and fifty women in Iowa
own and manage farms. Six more have
stock farms, and twenty dairy farms
f. c. Whittlesey business manager of
the New London Day, was shot down in
his Office 10y Frederick A. :. Perry, "A crank
on Tuesday and died the next day from the
effects Of the wounds.
Daniel Canary, the famous bicycle rider
Of Meriden, Conn, is lying i'll at Madrid
Spain.
A special from Nacogloches, Tex, says
A deadly encounter took place at the close
Of concert in the suburbs Of the town
Thursday night, between seven or eight
boys ON the one side and 10 or - negroes
ON the other. The negroes provoked the
fight by hating the whites and drawing
their pistols. Forty or 30 shots were eN.
changed. When the smoke Of battle clear
ed away one negro, jeff Simmons, was
found dead, with II bullet hole through his
heart A little farther on another negro.
Porter Anderson, was found. with NOR.
tai wound. About fourth Of "A mile of
still another negro, Tom Thorn, was found
with a bullet in his shoulder. He will re.
cover. A negro named Levi Allison re
ceived several slight wounds Giles Houl.
ton was the only one Of the whites injured
The sea serpent mystery has been solved
for Maine. He was seen recently from the
vessel of Capt c, II. Griffin, who harpoon-
ed him, and the ship was carried over the
seas at rate of speed that would excel
the Volunteer But after few hours the
animal became exhausted and rose To the
surface, revealing its identity as an i'm
mense turtle When it was hoisted ON
shore it was weighed and tipped 1870 lbs
Mill Brook, Graham county, 20 miles
north of Kansas City, Mo, was almost de
stroyed about shutdown Friday by a straight
wind, coming from slightly west Of north
The place contains about 500 inhabitants
Only one house, II residence, escaped scri.
Gus damage. One person, boy three years
old, was killed
About 100 Mormons from Salt Lake CITY
are making application to the Dominion
government for homestead lands in the vi
cinity of Medicine Hat Northwest terrific
ry, with "a view To forming a settlement of
the faithful.
The police at Portland, Me, lately ar
rested an insane woman named Mary
Brown, known as the Queen Of the Cats %
When visited at her home she was found
surrounded by cats, IL being in one room.
and 100 or more about the place.
The sixth attempt within six months to
burn the New Yorker Zeitung building was
made Thursday morning of last week
Fortunately little damage was done. The
attempts are attributed to anarChical inhu
ence.
Rev. G. l.. Rhodes, Methodist preacher,
while holding a service few days ago at Il
private house in Rich township, Mich, wa,
seized by 30 masked men, who took him
out of the house, gave him a coat of tar
and feathers, rode him on rail and pump
ed water ON him. Rhodes had given great
offence in the community by his free love
doctrines.
English capital is flow ing into this coun
try in immense streams. An English syn
dictate has recently bought the Barton vine
yard, near Fresno, Cal, for 81 900, 600.
Thirtytwo business firms were burned
out at Tampa, Fla, Aug 18th, the fire ex-
tending over two blocks; total loss, SO,
600 insurance $1,000.
The big Dalrymple farm in Dakota order
ed from Chicago last week 100 tons. or nine
carloads, of builders Irvine for the coming
harvest. The express charges on this ship
ment were nearly s., 900 TO Chicago and
nearly $40 900 laid down at the farm. This
shipment was valued at nearly 500, 600
Mrs. Owen Hade, living near Etna, Pa.
left her four little children in the house
Thursday night while she carried her hus
bands supper to him. During her absence
the Oldest child Eddie, aged eight years,
took the oil-can and poured the fluid in the
stove as he had often seen his mother do
when she started the fire An explosion
followed and the four children were fatally
burned the youngest dying in "A short time.
In Mississippi last week there were two
lynchings of negroes by negroes George
Evans, who killed Robert Harris at Green
wood last week, was taken from the Jail on
Thursday night, hanged to n tree and rid
died with bullets by mob of his own col
or, Boyd Martin of Sunhower county, who
killed Bob Jones, his father in law, was
taken from the officers by colored mob on
Friday last, and strung up to a tree
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